Camden, Alabama

About Camden

Camden is a small town in southwestern Alabama, home to 1,695 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Camden holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.18 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 406 residents per square mile.

📰 Camden News Today

• Attorney General Marshall Announces Indictment of Camden Woman in $220,000 Felony Theft and Identity Theft Scheme Alabama Attorney General's Office (.gov) · Feb 12
• Camden shooting leaves one man dead and one man in jail waka.com · Jun 10
• Schedule - Wilcox Central Jaguars (Camden, AL) Football 26-27 MaxPreps · Aug 2
• Kearcie Becker Obituary Jun 1, 2026 McKown Funeral Home · Jun 1
• High-Speed Hope in Camden and Yellow Bluff fox10tv.com · Apr 28

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Camden Unique

• One of 14 places in the US named Camden — but the Alabama one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southwestern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Alabama — one of 594 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Camden

• Munden Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Camden

• Camden School Of Arts Technology
• J E Hobbs Elementary School
• Wilcox Central High School
• Wilcox County Alternative School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• J Paul Jones Hospital · 24/7 ER · Rural Emergency Hospital

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Camden

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